Julianne Moore speaks out about 'manufactured' beauty

Julianne Moore has spoken out about the use of Instagram filters and the "manufactured" beauty they can create.

The actress and L'Oréal Paris spokeswoman was talking to Refinery29 about the representation of beauty in the media, but put a positive spin on the self-photoshopping phenomenon.

Moore said: "What's interesting about social media – and kids are learning this very early, too – is that these images are manufactured. [Kids] go, 'Oh I put a filter on it, oh I stand this way, oh I do that.' So in fact there's a deeper understanding that the images that we consume daily are manufactured, and they're learning it because they're able to manufacture their images. Because people know that, I think that the world has become much more aware of what real beauty is: this movement toward celebrating that in advertising and everything."

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She also stated that she does not believe that caring about your appearance is a trivial thing: "I think when people say that beauty is trivial, they're diminishing the concept. Beauty is subjective, truly in the eye of the beholder, but we are drawn to what we find beautiful. Beauty has visual meaning, but there is also emotional meaning. They go hand in hand. Beauty doesn't have to be a superficial thing, and in fact it isn't!"

The mother of two, who has just started filming for her latest project Wonderstruck, went on to point out the negative sides of the growth of social media too, saying that young people are particularly susceptible to making mistakes in the way they portray themselves.

"I think unfortunately when we're young, we are more apt to judge and tend to be less tolerant. I think that we're seeing that reflected in social media, because people have this voice. I truly believe that some of those same people who are doing this stuff will get a little bit older and go like, 'I can't believe I said that'. I sometimes think it's a reflection of youth and immaturity, and just beginning to hear your voice and not understanding how powerful it is."

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